Unclassified road crash in Boston PE21 on 3 September 2005 at 10:02 involving a Ford Escort
A Ford Escort, a Renault Clio and two Ford Mondeos were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Boston at 10:02 on Saturday 3 September 2005. All six casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Sep 2005
- Saturday, 10:02
- Vehicles
- 4
- Ford Escort and 3 others
- Casualties
- 6
- 6 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.97732, longitude -0.03936, in the PE21 postcode district and within the built-up area of Boston. It is one of the crashes that make up the Fenside, Boston, PE21 8HJ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Boston
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200532C077905
- Council area
- Boston
- Police force
- Lincolnshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Lincolnshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 5%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 95%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 26 December 2004.
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A52 in Boston, 26 December 2004
At the same spotRef 200432C186504
Serious
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At the same spotRef 200932C187709
Serious
Mini Cooper crash on the A52 in Boston, 5 October 2003
At the same spotRef 200332C158503
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A1137 in Boston, 29 November 2013
9 m awayRef 201332B451813
Slight
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9 m awayRef 2025320117874
Serious
Citroen Xsara crash on the A52 in Boston, 25 October 2014
9 m awayRef 2014320052592
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,391 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 3: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 4: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,988 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (6)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Clio)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 5, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Clio)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 1, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Clio)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Clio)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 6: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Mondeo)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Data source
This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 200532C077905 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Boston road accident statistics for 2005.